Delayed sagittal sinus tear: a complication of spring cranioplasty for sagittal craniosynostosis.

Spring cranioplasty is now a well-established surgical technique in the treatment of sagittal craniosynostosis. It is widely regarded as a less invasive modality compared with operations such as cranial vault remodeling. Indeed, very few complications have been described in the literature in association with spring cranioplasty.

A cost-utility analysis of open and endoscopic carpal tunnel release.

Background: Open carpal tunnel release (OCTR) is the standard procedure for the surgical treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. With the advent of minimally invasive surgery, endoscopic carpal tunnel release (ECTR) was introduced.

Objective: To use a decision analytical model to compare ECTR with OCTR in an economic evaluation.

Interleukin-1beta-induced fever does not alter the ability of 5- to 6-day-old rat pups to autoresuscitate from hypoxia-induced apnoea.

Experiments were carried out to determine if endogenous pyrogen-induced fever impairs protective responses of newborn rats to hypoxia. Twenty-seven 5- to 6-day-old conscious rat pups received a subcutaneous injection of 0.20 microg of recombinant rat interleukin-1beta (rrIL-1beta) per kilogram of body weight to induce fever, or an equal volume of vehicle.